2017 Honda Civic Sedan and Coupe Add Turbo/Manual Option

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The 2017 model year is upon us, and one of its most anticipated gifts is the addition of a manual-transmission option to turbocharged Honda Civic models. For its debut year, 2016, the 10th-generation Civic sedan and coupe offered a six-speed manual only on the base LX trim, paired with a naturally aspirated 2.0-liter four-cylinder. The more powerful Civics with the 174-hp 1.5-liter turbocharged four could only be had with a CVT automatic. Until now.

As before, the coupe range includes an LX (with either the manual or the automatic), as well as the automatic-only LX-P, EX-L, and Touring trims; the sedan also starts with an LX (also with manual and automatic choices) and moves up to the automatic-only EX, EX-L, and Touring. Prices across the board rise just $100. As for the new turbocharged, manual-transmission Civics, they’re offered as a new EX-T trim level, which slots between the LX and the EX-L on the sedan, and between the LX-P and the EX-L on the coupe. Prices for the stick-shift EX-T coupe open at $22,435, with the sedan version carrying a slight discount at $22,335; an automatic is an $800 option.

To get a turbocharged Civic with a manual for less, consider the 2017 Civic hatchback. Every hatchback has the turbo engine, including the stick-shift base-model LX, which starts at $20,535, far less than the coupe and sedan EX-T models. Hatch buyers can also spring for the more aggressive-looking Sport trim level, which is six horsepower stronger. It also has the stick and boasts a center-exit exhaust, blacked-out body trim, and dark-colored wheels, and it’s priced just under the turbo coupe or sedan. Technically, the EX-T two- and four-door Civics are better equipped, but that depends on what equipment you’re looking for; if sportiness is more your bag, the Sport hatch represents a great deal.

Either way, it’s great to see the expansion of manual-transmission availability in the sweet-driving Civic. And there’s still more to come: Next year, Honda will bring out the turbocharged Civic Si and Type R models—which also will have stick shifts. Save the Manuals!